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Pavel Preiss,
Giuseppe Arcimboldi
(Praha, 1947).
Giuseppe Arcimboldi
(Praha, 1947).
Elisabeth Schleicher,
Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Habsburger
(Vienna, 1979).
Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Habsburger
(Vienna, 1979).
Josef Svátek, “Poslední dnové rudolfínských sbírek v Praze” and “Strádové z Rosenbergu,” in
Obrazy z kulturních d
jin
eských
(Prague, 1891), pp. 49—67 and 103—31, anecdotal and informative.
Obrazy z kulturních d
jineských(Prague, 1891), pp. 49—67 and 103—31, anecdotal and informative.
Scientists and Alchemists
Carola Baumgardt,
Johann Kepler: Life and Letters
(New York, 1951), readable and informative.
Johann Kepler: Life and Letters
(New York, 1951), readable and informative.
Max Caspar,
Kepler
(London and New York, 1959), standard work.
Kepler
(London and New York, 1959), standard work.
John Allyne Gade,
The Life and Times of Tycho Brahe
(Princeton, 1947), useful and entertaining.
The Life and Times of Tycho Brahe
(Princeton, 1947), useful and entertaining.
Josef, von Hasner,
Tycho Brahe und Johannes Kepler in Prag
(Prague, 1872).
Tycho Brahe und Johannes Kepler in Prag
(Prague, 1872).
Zden
k Horský,
Kepler v Praze
(Prague, 1980), distinguished expert on Prague sciences.
k Horský,Kepler v Praze
(Prague, 1980), distinguished expert on Prague sciences.
Arthur Koestler,
The Watershed: A Biography of Johann Kepler
(New York, 1960), critical analysis.
The Watershed: A Biography of Johann Kepler
(New York, 1960), critical analysis.
Franz Pick,
Johannes Jessenius de Magna lessen
(Leipzig, 1926), fundamental study.
Johannes Jessenius de Magna lessen
(Leipzig, 1926), fundamental study.
Josef V. Polišenský,
Jan Jesenský-Jessenius
(Prague, 1965).
Jan Jesenský-Jessenius
(Prague, 1965).
Richard Deacon,
John Dee, Scientist, Geographer, Astrologer and Secret Agent of Elizabeth I
(London, 1968)
John Dee, Scientist, Geographer, Astrologer and Secret Agent of Elizabeth I
(London, 1968)
John Dee,
Private Diary,
ed. by J. O. Halliwell (London, 1842).
Private Diary,
ed. by J. O. Halliwell (London, 1842).
Peter J. French,
John Dee: The World of an Elizabethan Magus
(London, 1972), instructive biography.
John Dee: The World of an Elizabethan Magus
(London, 1972), instructive biography.
Jiljí V. Jahn,
Alchemie v
echách
(Prague, 1993), synopsis.
Alchemie v
echách(Prague, 1993), synopsis.
Donald C. Laycock,
The Complete Enochian Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Angelic Language as Revealed to Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley
(New York, 1978), for the connoisseur
The Complete Enochian Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Angelic Language as Revealed to Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley
(New York, 1978), for the connoisseur
Josef Svátek, “Alchemie v Cechach za doby Rudolfovy,” in
Obrazy
z
kulturních d
jin
eských
(Prague, 1891), pp. 39—75.
Obrazy
z
kulturních d
jineských(Prague, 1891), pp. 39—75.
The “Golden Age” of Prague’s Jewish Community
Isaac Eisenstein-Barzilay,
Yoseph Shlomo Delmedigo, Yashar of Candia
(Leiden, 1974).
Yoseph Shlomo Delmedigo, Yashar of Candia
(Leiden, 1974).
Isidore Fishman,
The History of Jewish Education in Central Europe from the End of the Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century
(London, 1944).
The History of Jewish Education in Central Europe from the End of the Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century
(London, 1944).
Amold L. Goldsmith,
The Golem Remembered, 1909-1980
(Detroit, 1981), variations of the legend analyzed, ancient and modern.
The Golem Remembered, 1909-1980
(Detroit, 1981), variations of the legend analyzed, ancient and modern.
Nathan Grün,
Der hohe Rabbi Loew und sein Sagenkreis
(Prague, 1855).
Der hohe Rabbi Loew und sein Sagenkreis
(Prague, 1855).
Moshe Idel,
Kabbalah: New Perspectives
(New Haven, 1988), in which Prague does not figure prominently.
Kabbalah: New Perspectives
(New Haven, 1988), in which Prague does not figure prominently.
Otto Muneles (ed ),
The Prague Ghetto in the Renaissance Period
(Prague, 1965), fundamental research instrument.
The Prague Ghetto in the Renaissance Period
(Prague, 1965), fundamental research instrument.
André Neher,
Le puits de /’éxll: la théologie dialectique du Maharal de Prague
(Paris, 1966).
Le puits de /’éxll: la théologie dialectique du Maharal de Prague
(Paris, 1966).
———,
Jewish Thought and the Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth Century: David Gans and His Times
(Oxford, 1986); two pathbreaking studies.
Jewish Thought and the Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth Century: David Gans and His Times
(Oxford, 1986); two pathbreaking studies.
———,
Faust and the Maharal de Prague: Le myth et le réel
(Paris, 1987), unfortunately more myth than
réel
.
Faust and the Maharal de Prague: Le myth et le réel
(Paris, 1987), unfortunately more myth than
réel
.
Gershom Schotem,
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
(New York, 1941), a classical study.
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
(New York, 1941), a classical study.
———,
Kabbalah
(New York, 1974), from the sources.
Kabbalah
(New York, 1974), from the sources.
———, “Prague and Rehovot. A Tale of Two Golems,” in
Commentary
, 41 (1966), 62—65, a timely reminder of the golem and cybernetics.
Commentary
, 41 (1966), 62—65, a timely reminder of the golem and cybernetics.
Byron L Sherwin,
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Work of Judah Loew of Prague
(Rutherford, N.J., 1982), sober and well-written analysis.
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Work of Judah Loew of Prague
(Rutherford, N.J., 1982), sober and well-written analysis.
Sippurim: Geschichten aus dem alten Prag,
ed. by Peter Demetz (Frankfurt, 1994) - lnsel Taschenbuch 1519; rationalist stories about Rabbi Loew, pp. 44-47 and 100—10.
ed. by Peter Demetz (Frankfurt, 1994) - lnsel Taschenbuch 1519; rationalist stories about Rabbi Loew, pp. 44-47 and 100—10.
Picaresque Prague
Journal de ma vie Memoirs du Maréchal de Bassompierre
(première édition, conforme au manuscrit original publiée avec fragments inédits), M. de Chantérac (ed.), (Paris, 1870), 4 vols., here particularly vol. 1, pp. 132—44.
(première édition, conforme au manuscrit original publiée avec fragments inédits), M. de Chantérac (ed.), (Paris, 1870), 4 vols., here particularly vol. 1, pp. 132—44.
“Hermann Christoph Graf von Russwurm,” in
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie,
30 (Berlin, 2nd ed. 1970), 12-19.
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie,
30 (Berlin, 2nd ed. 1970), 12-19.
Pierre Bergeron, Jacques Esprinchard, and François Bassompierre,
T
í francouzští kavalí
i v rudolfinské Praze
, preface by Eliška Fu
íková and notes by Josef Jána
ek (Prague, 1989).
T
í francouzští kavalíi v rudolfinské Praze, preface by Eliška Fu
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